game information indianapolis indians _______________________________________ [ Indianapolis Indians501 // CommunicationsWest Maryland Department Street ] - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit[ IndyIndians.com // (317) 269-3524 ] Indianapolis Indians Saturday, August 3, 2019 7:05 p.m. ET Columbus Clippers 56-54 (2nd, -6.0 GB, IL West) Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN 62-48 (1st, +6.0 GA, IL West) LHP Brandon Waddell (1-3, 8.50) Game #111 // Home #55 LHP Logan Allen (4-3, 5.15) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / Fox Sports 1260 AM / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 UPCOMING MATCHUPS DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Sunday August 4 vs. Columbus RHP Alex McRae (6-6, 4.96) vs. RHP Shao-Ching Chiang (6-7, 5.67) 1:35 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Monday OFF DAY Tuesday August 6 at Norfolk RHP James Marvel (3-0, 2.12) vs. LHP Keegan Akin (4-5, 4.76) 7:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Wednesday August 7 at Norfolk RHP Mitch Keller (7-5, 3.56) vs. RHP Chandler Shepherd (1-9, 7.68) 7:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2019 indy bits Tribe Tips 2019 AT A GLANCE Day Games: 16-15 Overall 56-54 Night Games: 40-39 LAST NIGHT: Mitch Keller had a 12-strikeout performance over 6.0 innings erased by a four-run sixth that lifted Columbus to a 5-3 comeback win Home 26-28 over the Indians on Friday night. The Tribe grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second on a Kevin Kramer double and run-scoring singles by Jason Martin and Before All-Star Break: 44-44 Road 30-26 After All-Star Break: 12-10 Cole Tucker. Indy had a chance to extend its lead in the fourth, but Martin was thrown out at the plate on a Tucker two-out single to right. Keller Place 2nd April: 13-11 cruised until the sixth. Eric Haase opened the frame with a triple to deep right-center and scored on a Mark Mathias groundout. The Clippers then GA/GB -6.0 GB May: 18-9 strung four straight one-out hits together, highlighted by a Ryan Flaherty go-ahead, two-run double and an insurance RBI double by Bobby Bradley. Streak L1 June: 10-19 Home Streak L1 July: 14-14 Haase added a two-out RBI triple in the ninth, but the Indians didn't go down without a fight. Christian Kelley worked a one-out walk and Tucker August: 1-1 Road Streak W2 September: 0-0 drew a two-out walk. Jake Elmore then reached on a fielder's choice to third as Tucker beat Flaherty's throw to second. Hayes followed that with a Longest Winning Streak 6 (4/7-13) bases-loaded walk to make it 5-3, but Will Craig went down swinging for the final out. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Indy and Longest Losing Streak 5 (6/26-30) Monday: 6-2 Last 5 3-2 Tuesday: 8-8 pushed its division deficit back to 6.0 games with 30 games to play. Wednesday: 8-8 Last 10 5-5 Thursday: 9-8 Home Openings/Lost 52/2 Friday: 9-10 MAKE IT A DOZEN: Mitch Keller fell one strikeout short of matching his career high of 13 set on June 7 at Toledo (5.0ip, 1h, 0r, 3bb, 13k) with 12 Home Attendance 428,961 Saturday: 7-10 punchouts last night (6.0ip, 6h, 4r, 4er, 1bb, 12k). It was his third double-digit strikeout performance this season and seventh of his career. Since Avg. Home Attendance 8,249 Sunday: 9-8 1996, there have now been 11 occurrences where a Tribe pitcher piled up 12-plus strikeouts in a start. Keller joined Steve Parris (1998) and Tyler League Rank (Total/Avg) (4th/4th) Scoring First: 39-11 Glasnow (2017) as the only pitchers to have two of those 12-plus strikeout outings. Opponent Scores First: 17-43 SERIES HISTORY Comeback Wins: 25 Opponent Comeback Wins: 21 THE BEAT GOES ON: Two Indians carried seven-game hitting streaks into last night's contest -- Will Craig and Cole Tucker. Craig finished 0-for-4 2019 at Home: 2-6 Extra Innings: 4-6 2019 @ Columbus: 7-5 Shutout Record: 4-6 with a strikeout to snap his streak, during which he hit .303 (10-for-33) with one homer, two doubles and four RBI. He homered four times in July Doubleheaders: 3-3 after hitting just one long ball in the month of June. Tucker extended his hitting streak to eight games by going 2-for-4 with an RBI, his longest All-Time at Home: 109-103 (.514) Commit An Error: 24-26 hitting streak of the season. During the stretch he has batted .303 (10-for-33) with eight walks and only four strikeouts. Tucker, 23, has hit safely All-Time @ Columbus: 103-127 (.448) Commit No Errors: 32-28 All-Time Totals: 212-230 (.480) Walk-Off Wins: 3 in 11 of his last 12 overall and has drawn 14 walks since the All-Star break, tied for eighth most in the league. Walk-Off Losses: 3 2019 league leaders vs. IL West: 31-24 BE THE HUNTER, NOT THE HUNTED: Hunter Owen had his seven-game hitting streak snapped Thursday night in Toledo as he was the only Tribe vs. IL North: 13-17 Category Player No. Rank vs. IL South: 12-13 player to go without a hit, but he did draw two walks and scored a run in the 11-5 win. During the seven-game streak, the 25-year-old hit .375 2B Hayes 26 T-8th (9-for-24) with two homers, four RBI and four runs scored. He has hit safely in nine of his 13 games with Indy. He started 2-for-16 (.125) through 3B Robinson 4 T-7th Scoring 4+ Runs: 47-22 W Keller 7 T-5th Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs: 9-32 his first four Triple-A games but has bounced back by going 9-for-27 (.333) over his last nine. Outhit Opponent: 42-12 L Vera 9 T-2nd Outhit By Opponent: 10-35 ERA Keller 3.56 2nd Teams Tie in Hits: 4-7 J-MART HEATING UP: OF Jason Martin has hit safely in five straight games, including multi-hit performances in three of his last four. He has hit McRae 4.96 9th Indy Hits HR: 42-30 .450 (9-for-20) with three doubles, three RBI and three runs scored in his last five. Martin is also riding a 10-game hitting streak at Victory Field WHIP Keller 1.24 1st Indy no HR: 14-24 McRae 1.38 6th Opp. Hits HR: 36-38 dating back to July 6. It is the longest home hitting streak for a Tribe player this year and the third-longest active streak in the league. He has hit Opp. no HR: 20-16 .315 (23-for-73) with two homers, six doubles, 11 RBI, 10 runs scored and a .370 OBP in his last 10 games at home. GS Vera 21 T-2nd Lead After 6: 41-3 Keller 19 T-6th Trail After 6: 4-41 CG Marvel 1 T-2nd Tied After 6: 11-10 ELMO'S WORLD: Jake Elmore went 0-for-5 with a strikeout last night but is still hitting .349 (91-for-261) with four homers, 24 doubles and 26 AVG vs. Keller .243 2nd Lead After 7: 48-2 Trail After 7: 5-47 RBI after going 5-for-10 with two doubles in the two-game series at Toledo. He leads the team with 25 multi-hit games, one ahead of Will Craig. McRae .278 T-8th Tied After 7: 3-5 Elmore is narrowly on the outside looking in to qualify among league leaders (currently at 294 PAs, needs 297 PAs for 110 games currently played to IP Vera 112.2 3rd Lead After 8: 46-1 Keller 103.2 6th Trail After 8: 3-44 qualify). Indy's last batting champion was Junior Noboa (.340) in 1989 and they have had just four batting titles since 1969 (also: Bernie Carbo in SO Keller 123 1st Tied After 8: 4-5 1969, Gene Locklear in 1972, Dallas Williams in 1987). GIDP McRae 11 T-6th Vs. LH Starter: 12-12 SV Brentz/DuRapau 8 T-4th Vs. RH Starter: 44-42 YOUR TURN, PARKER: RHP Parker Markel was recalled by Pittsburgh today as RHP Richard Rodriguez was placed on the paternity list. Markel was Neverauskas 7 T-10th Series (W-L-S): 17-16-2 claimed off waivers by the Pirates from Seattle on July 27 and proceeded to go 1-0 while throwing 3.0 shutout innings in two appearances with 2019 TEAM COMPARISON Sweeps: 6-4 Indy. The 28-year-old is the 17th different player (excluding rehabbers) to be recalled or selected by Pittsburgh, and he's the 12th pitcher to go up Indians Clippers 2019 IL STANDINGS this season, joining RHPs Michael Feliz, Clay Holmes, Montana DuRapau, Geoff Hartlieb, Rookie Davis, Alex McRae, Mitch Keller, Dario Agrazal, .256 Batting Avg .258 Yefry Ramirez and Luis Escobar, and LHP Tyler Lyons. This will be Markel's second stint in the big leagues this season; he debut with Seattle on May 509 Runs 608 WEST 12 and went 0-0 with a 15.43 ERA (8er/4.2ip) in five outings.